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Station Characteristics 2009-03-17/194
GAW ID ATH Athens (Greece)
station status full operation Regional station in WMO RA VI - Europe
time zone UTC+2 37.98000°N 23.73000°E (280 m a.s.l.)
climate zone Csa (Warm temperate climate with dry and hot summer)
other affiliations AERONET(ATHENS-NOA), GALION
description The Dobson spectrophotometer No 118 is installed at the University Campus which is located in a semirural area in the foothills of mountain Hymettus (1,026 m high), an area extended at the north-eastern part of the Athens basin, at a distance of about 5 km from downtown Athens. Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3,130,841 (in 2001) and a land area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 7th most populated LUZ in the European Union with a population of 4,013,368 (in 2004). Picture of Athens facility

Measurement Program
type parameter method contributor start end details
Ozone Total column ozone Dobson U Athens 1989-10-20 2010-05-31
Radiation Global solar radiation Bimetallic actinograph U Athens 1977-01-01 1993-11-30

Contact Person(s)
name Professor Costas Varotsos
address University of Athens, Faculty of Physics, Dept. of Applied Physics, Laboratory of Upper Air
University Campus, Bldg Phys 5., 15784 Athens,GR
15784 Athens,GR Athens
Greece
2009-02-19/194
phone +30-210-7276838
fax +30-210-7295281
mailto covar@phys.uoa.gr
url www.cc.uoa.gr/physics/hellenic/climate/UoAthens_Climate_Research_Group.pdf
GAW function
station function Primary station contact, Measurement leader [Ozone: Total column ozone]

References
Christodoulakis, J., et al. (2008), Technical Report: Standardization of the Athens Dobson spectrophotometer versus Reference Dobson spectrophotometer 064, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29, 1917--1920
Tzanis, C., Christodoulakis, J., Efstathiou, M. and Varotsos, C. (2008), Comparison of Athens Dobson spectrophotometer with World Standard Instruments, International Journal of Remote Sensing,
Varotsos, CA, et al. (2000), New evidence for ozone depletion over Athens, Greece, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21, 2951--2955
Evans, R. and Varotsos, C. (1998), WMO Dobson Intercomparison, , Kalavryta
Varotsos, CA and Cracknell, AP (1994), Three years of total ozone measurements over Athens obtained using the remote sensing technique of a Dobson spectrophotometer, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 15, 1519--1524
 
 
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